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- Proto-Germanic*puhô
- Frankish*pokō
- Old Frenchpoche
- Anglo-Normanpoket
- Middle Englishpocket
- Englishpocket
- Japaneseポケット
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
- Proto-Italic*man-eje-
- Proto-Italic*moneō
- Proto-Italic*monestrom
- Latinmōnstrum
- Old Frenchmonstre
- Middle Englishmonstre
- Englishmonster
- Japaneseモンスター
- Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
- Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
- EnglishPokémonclip.
- EnglishPoké-
- Proto-Germanic*dalą
- Proto-West Germanic*dal
- Old High Germantal
- Middle High Germantal
- GermanTal
- GermanTaler
- Middle Low Germandāler
- Dutchdaler
- Englishdollar
- English todayPokédollar
From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.